More than 1 billion Stories are shared every day across the Facebook family of apps: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Stories as a social media format are here to stay. Marketers and brands that invest in this trend will reap the rewards. Read the full article at MarketingProfs

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Recently, Google made an announcement that should prove immensely impactful for online retailers who sell to shoppers in the US: You can now include user-generated images in the Google Shopping reviews submitted by your happy customers. For now, prospects will only see your customers’ photos when browsing on mobile. In the coming months, however, Google plans to expand user-generated images to more countries and more device types. An example of a user-generated image in a…

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Since 2011, WordStream’s award-winning Google Ads Performance Grader has been helping time-crunched business owners and digital marketers figure out how to most efficiently optimize their paid search campaigns. Used by hundreds of thousands of advertisers to analyze over $3 billion in aggregate spend, the Grader is a free, fast, and effective tool. But something’s been missing. Although good ol’ fashioned Search campaigns will remain integral to advertisers’ strategies for years to come, another type of…

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Starting with a blank page is never a good idea. For me, it’s the quickest way to realize I need to check my inbox one more time. Or finally organize the files on my desktop. Or run to grab a coffee so that I can focus. (I don’t think I need to tell you that these coffees don’t do much for focus.) The bottom line is that, whether I’m writing an email or a blog…

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Even the most complex material can be generated and fleshed out in simple ways–via straightforward processes–to produce amazing whitepapers. These 10 ideas for collecting information can quickly translate into high-quality whitepapers that engage B2B audiences. Read the full article at MarketingProfs

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Machine learning and automation can seem pretty terrifying for PPC: These technological advances could lead to the end of human-run campaigns in favor of robots that will never have the adaptability to scale a campaign and will certainly never have that “human touch.” A big part of these fears come from the inevitable lack of control delegating tasks to machines represents. Digital marketers live for control and not being able to own the process of…

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You put a lot of effort and time into creating the perfect email content for your subscribers. But no matter what you write, or how well, people may not even see it if the subject line doesn’t get them to click. These 10 types of subject lines will get subscribers … Read the full article at MarketingProfs

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